Erin,

Thank you!  Your post looks a lot like mine, which
gave me an idea.  The "Unable to compile class for
JSP" has only shown up for me in version 5.0.19.

I switched to tomcat 5.0.16 and the problem is gone. 
Trying switching to a different version of tomcat and
see if the problem disappears for you too.  Maybe
there's something in 5.0.19 that's messed up. 

Todd


--- Erin O'Neill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks for your input. I've already checked what
> version of java I've got:
> 
>  > $JAVA_HOME/bin/java -version
> java version "1.4.2_03"
> Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition
> (build 1.4.2_03-b02)
> Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.2_03-b02,
> mixed mode)
> 
> My first impulse was that I was missing the java
> compiler but it's there:
>  >  ls $JAVA_HOME/bin/javac
> /usr/java/bin/javac
> 
> I have a startup script in /etc/init.d. In that
> script I set up a number of 
> ENV vars, including JAVA_HOME, CLASSPATH, PATH. I
> have both the catalina.sh 
> & the setclasspath.sh echo what those variables hold
> (after I found that 
> setclasspath reset the CLASSPATH to something
> limited I commented out that 
> line).
> 
> When I google for this problem, the hints are that
> either the java version 
> and the tomcat version are not compatible OR the
> CLASSPATH is lacking some 
> jar file....
> 
> My CLASSPATH has this:
>
/usr/java/lib/tools.jar:/usr/jre/lib:/usr/local/tomcat/bin/commons-daemon.jar:/usr/local/tomcat/bin/bootstrap.jar:/usr/local/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.19/bin/bootstrap.jar:/usr/local/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.19/bin/commons-logging-api.jar:/usr/local/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.19/common/lib/servlet-api.jar:/usr/local/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.19/common/lib/jsp-api.jar
> 
> Am I missing some important Sun Java classpath? I
> have the general jre/lib 
> directory but should I point to a special jar file?
> Do I need more than the 
> tools.jar file in the /usr/java/lib in my
> CLASSPATH??
> 
> I have a symlink set up so that /usr/java points to
> /usr/java -> 
> /usr/j2se  and /usr/jre --> j2re1.4.2_04.
> 
> Should I NOT use symlinks??
> 
> Any other suggestions?
> 
> thanks all!
> 
> erin
> 
> At 08:59 PM 3/22/2004 -0600, you wrote:
> >On Mon, Mar 22, 2004 at 02:20:03PM -0800, Erin
> O'Neill wrote:
> >: My error message says this (in a small part):
> >: org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Unable to
> compile class for JSP
> >
> >Two gut feelings strike me:
> >
> >1/ the Java you have installed, what version is it?
>  You said you
> >have 1.4.x, but which one is Tomcat calling?
> >
> >         ${JAVA_HOME}/bin/java -version
> >
> >Back in the day, and perhaps still, Solaris shipped
> with Java version
> >1.2 in /usr/bin.
> >
> >
> >2/  JDK or JRE?  -as in, do you have
> >
> >         ${JAVA_HOME}/bin/javac
> >
> >If this is still a no-go for you, I'll think it
> over when I'm awake. ;)
> >-QM
> >
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